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1st Item: SONGS OF THE SOUTH verses and pictures by Howard Weeden, published by Doubleday, Page and Company, New York, 1904. Inscribed by author on half title page “Yours Sincerely / Howard Weeden”. Octavo, 94 pp, poems interspersed with illustrations, hardbound in grey cloth with pictorial front cover with gilt lettering, gilt lettering to spine. 9 in. H x 6 1/2 in. W x 5/8 in. D. 2nd Item: BANDANNA BALLADS, including “Shadows on the Wall,” verses and pictures by Howard Weeden, introduction by Joel Chandler Harris, published by Doubleday and McClure Company, New York, 1900. Octavo, 90 song lyric pages with illustrations, hardbound in grey cloth with gilt and black pictorial blindstamping and lettering to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. 8 3/4 in. H x 6 3/4 in. W. x 5/8 in. D. 3rd Item: OLD VOICES by Howard Weeden, published by Doubleday, Page and Company, New York, 1904. Octavo, song lyric pages with illustrations, hardbound in brown cloth with brown and gilt blindstamped pictorial front cover gilt lettering to spine. 10 1/4 in. H x 8 in. W x 3/4 in. D. 4th Item: SHADOWS ON THE WALL, The Life and Works of Howard Weeden, by Frances C. Roberts and Sarah Huff Fisk. Huntsville: Burritt Museum, 1962. Biography with reprint of Weeden’s three poetry books; contains numerous illustrations throughout, with 8 separate color prints laid in. 8 3/4 in. H x 6 1/2 in. W. 5th Item: HOWDY HONEY HOWDY by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Illustrated and with photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner, Decorations by Will Jenkins. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1905. 1st Edition 8vo, unpaginated. 8 3/4 in. H x 6 in. W. Biography: Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American poets to gain national recognition, predominately for his poems written in dialect.
PROVENANCE: The collection of Hank and Mary Brockman.
CONDITION: Each in good condition with usage wear commensurate with age.
